Chicken Sausage Okra Gumbo
- 3 to 4 lb chicken cut up
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 lb sliced okra
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 gallon water
- 1/2 to 1 lb smoked sausage
- 1 lb chicken gizzards cut up
- 2 med. onion chopped
- 1/4 bell pepper chopped
- 1 whole bulb garlic chopped
- 2 tb chopped parsley
- 1 tb sugar
- 16 oz. can tomato paste
- 3 large tomatoes or a 16 oz can of whole tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 pinch thyme
- 1 tb gumbo file'
- salt and pepper to taste
Brown chicken pieces in some of the oil; remove from pot. Brown okra and remove from pot. Add remainder of oil and flour, stirring constantly until roux is a rich brown. Add okra and water to roux, blending well. Add chicken, sausage, gizzards, and remaining ingredients except file'. Salt and pepper top taste. Cook for 1 & 1/2 to 2 hours. Stir in file' during the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
Serve with hot cooked rice in soup bowls.
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